Multiplication Table Of 27
The table of 27 is the list of products you get when you multiply 27 by each whole number in turn. Because $27 = 3 \times 9$ and $27 = 3^3$, it is the 9 times table tripled, which gives you a way to rebuild any row.
Table Of 27 Up To 10
Multiplication | Product |
|---|---|
$27 \times 1$ | 27 |
$27 \times 2$ | 54 |
$27 \times 3$ | 81 |
$27 \times 4$ | 108 |
$27 \times 5$ | 135 |
$27 \times 6$ | 162 |
$27 \times 7$ | 189 |
$27 \times 8$ | 216 |
$27 \times 9$ | 243 |
$27 \times 10$ | 270 |
Table Of 27 Up To 20
Multiplication | Product |
|---|---|
$27 \times 11$ | 297 |
$27 \times 12$ | 324 |
$27 \times 13$ | 351 |
$27 \times 14$ | 378 |
$27 \times 15$ | 405 |
$27 \times 16$ | 432 |
$27 \times 17$ | 459 |
$27 \times 18$ | 486 |
$27 \times 19$ | 513 |
$27 \times 20$ | 540 |
What Is The Table Of 27 In Words?
Reading the table aloud sets the rhythm before the numbers stick.
One times 27 is 27
Two times 27 is 54
Three times 27 is 81
Four times 27 is 108
Five times 27 is 135
Six times 27 is 162
Seven times 27 is 189
Eight times 27 is 216
Nine times 27 is 243
Ten times 27 is 270
What Is The 27 Times Table?
The 27 times table is repeated addition of 27. Each row adds one more group of twenty-seven, so the table answers "how much is twenty-seven, added to itself, again and again?"
Built from the ground up, the ladder looks like this:
$27$
$27 + 27 = 54$
$27 + 27 + 27 = 81$
$27 + 27 + 27 + 27 = 108$
Multiplication is the shortcut for this stacking, which is why $27 \times 4$ and "four twenty-sevens added together" both give 108.
What Are The Multiples Of 27?
The multiples of 27 are the numbers you land on by skip-counting in twenty-sevens. The first twenty are:
27, 54, 81, 108, 135, 162, 189, 216, 243, 270, 297, 324, 351, 378, 405, 432, 459, 486, 513, 540.
Every entry in the table of 27 is a multiple of 27, and because $27 = 3 \times 9$, each one is also a multiple of 3 and of 9. That is why the digits of every product add up to a multiple of 9: $189 \rightarrow 1 + 8 + 9 = 18 \rightarrow 9$. And 27 itself is a perfect cube, since $27 = 3 \times 3 \times 3$.
How To Learn The 27 Times Table (Patterns, Not Memorizing)
Bhanzu teaches the few patterns that generate a table rather than drilling its hundred facts into recall. The table of 27 grows straight out of tables you already know, so you can rebuild any row by reasoning instead of reciting it. Seeing that structure is the number sense algebra later leans on.
Every pattern below comes from how 27 is built: $27 = 3 \times 9$ and $27 = 3^3$.
Pattern 1: The 27s are the 9s tripled. Because $27 = 3 \times 9$, every multiple of 27 is triple the matching multiple of 9, so you reuse the 9 times table you already know. For $27 \times 7$: $9 \times 7 = 63$, tripled is 189.
Pattern 2: Split the multiplier by place value. Read the second number as tens and ones. For $27 \times 6$, think $(20 \times 6) + (7 \times 6) = 120 + 42 = 162$, which is the distributive idea you meet again as $27(20 + 7)$ in algebra.
Pattern 3: Every product's digits sum to 9. Since 27 is a multiple of 9, so is every one of its products, and the digit sum of a multiple of 9 always reduces to 9. Use it as a quick check: $324 \rightarrow 3 + 2 + 4 = 9$, so 324 belongs on the list.
Pattern 4: Lean on the 3s twice. Because $27 = 3^3$, you can also reach a row from the 3 times table: $3 \times 5 = 15$, tripled is 45, tripled again is 135, which is $27 \times 5$.
How Do You Read And Use The Table Of 27?
Read each row left to right: $27 \times 6 = 162$ is "twenty-seven multiplied six times gives one hundred sixty-two." The first number is the group size, the second is the count of groups, and the product is the total.
To learn it, recite the nines and triple as you go, then quiz yourself in a shuffled order so you are recalling facts, not chanting them. If a row slips, rebuild it from the nines and the place-value split.
Where Does The Table Of 27 Appear?
Twenty-seven is the math of small cubes. A cube measuring 3 units on each side holds $3 \times 3 \times 3 = 27$ unit cubes, which is why a standard Rubik's cube is built from 27 smaller cubies. The table of 27 also counts anything packed in groups of twenty-seven, and it shows up in music theory (a perfect fifth stacked in just intonation involves ratios built on 27), so anyone stacking cubes or scaling volumes is reading off this table.
Solved Examples Of The Table Of 27
Example 1
What is $27 \times 7$?
Triple the nines: $9 \times 7 = 63$, then $63 \times 3$.
$27 \times 7 = 189$
Final answer: $27 \times 7 = 189$.
Example 2
A crate holds 27 apples. How many apples are in 9 crates?
The rusher reads $27 \times 9$ as $2 \times 9 = 18$ and stops, ignoring the units digit.
That cannot be right: nine crates of twenty-seven must hold far more than a single crate of 27, so 18 is smaller than one crate alone.
Rebuild it with the nines: $9 \times 9 = 81$, tripled is 243.
$27 \times 9 = 243$
Final answer: 243 apples.
Example 3
Find $27 \times 12$.
Split the multiplier: $27 \times 10 = 270$ and $27 \times 2 = 54$.
$270 + 54 = 324$
Final answer: $27 \times 12 = 324$.
Example 4
Fill in the missing factor: $27 \times {?} = 405$.
Divide to undo the multiplication: $405 \div 27 = 15$.
Final answer: $27 \times 15 = 405$.
What Are Common Mistakes With The Table Of 27?
Mistake 1: Tripling only one digit of the 9s
Where it slips in: Using the tripling pattern but multiplying only the tens or only the ones digit.
Don't do this: Writing $27 \times 4 = 27 + 81$ by tripling 27 wrongly, or tripling only part of $9 \times 4 = 36$.
The correct way: Triple the whole product: $9 \times 4 = 36$, and $36 \times 3 = 108$, so $27 \times 4 = 108$.
Mistake 2: Confusing the table of 27 with the table of 7
Where it slips in: The 7 in 27 pulls the eye toward the sevens under time pressure.
Don't do this: Answering $27 \times 3$ with $7 \times 3 = 21$.
The correct way: $27 \times 3 = 81$. The digit sum check catches the error fast, since $8 + 1 = 9$ but $2 + 1 = 3$.
Practice Questions On The Table Of 27
$27 \times 4 = {?}$
$27 \times 8 = {?}$
Fill in the blank: $27 \times {?} = 351$.
A box holds 27 crayons. How many crayons are in 6 boxes?
$27 \times 11 = {?}$
Which is larger, $27 \times 7$ or $27 \times 6$?
$27 \times 20 = {?}$
A shelf fits 27 books. How many books fit on 9 such shelves?
Answers: 1. 108 2. 216 3. 13 4. 162 5. 297 6. $27 \times 7 = 189$ is larger 7. 540 8. 243 books.
Conclusion
The table of 27 is easiest when you stop treating it as twenty new facts and start seeing it as the nines tripled, checked by the digit-sum-of-9 rule. Rebuild any row from a table you already own, and the twenty-sevens follow. To take this further with a teacher, explore mental maths for kids sessions or work one-to-one with an elementary math tutor.
Read More
Tables from 1 to 20 - every chart from 2 to 20 in one place.
24 times table - a close neighbour worth comparing row by row.
Cube root of 27 - because 27 is the perfect cube $3^3$.
Mental math tricks - pattern-based recall for larger tables.
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